The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-03-17


4. VI. Il, tonnor rr~nhnj of waldo county.
writes f:on Leigh, ,fa\ county, \ehl4t4,r. under
.ttr tph. y, l,>7, A. follow After spending uc,r
ly NcmunlIl~ in southern lIkut: started tur tin.
south. Ny ~rhool there va- very pleasant and
dill excellent work. hut the home privilege. in
Ru-~inn settlements are hardly rougrnaI 10 l.a-t
err rnorl' Leaving the broad and fertile prairie,
descended >ou> Nallcy which i from hal: a mile
t" one mile N width. The river. like AL Western
streams is h"rlrrrI each sid, by an airultr,~,
of ground hclold winch is the broad prrilIc
>i"uN City, ,eNtcndin- "Ut of the Valley andtovcriuS
numerous prcciritou~ hills, reminds one of Aurtcnt
Rome founded on III seven hills. | noticrd tiur
dwellings situated on the brink of rlils hun
'lrcd feet high. leaving ~iouN titv wc,lvSccnd
t" Missouri Valley which is about five lulr- wide.
We soon leave the valley for ravinc with hills ON
each side of the track. These hills cunsi-, of n
black soil of medium depth and are cultivated to
the very summit went from Omaha t. schuyler
in the night anI failed To- see the country /
saw men tr"m TEXAS who said it had been SNOW iu.,
amt they had not seen the during .hc dlv
WHie ii WAS pleasant at the north people from the
east SAID that IT had been raining. such WAS the
difference i'll the weather. a few hundred miles
makes fully rs much difference in tie depth OF the
snow. Men from Central OAK. said there was -
feet OF snow there while in southern Dakota thcr"
was not over i inches and in \cbr.tSila scared,
enough to cover the ground. While there has not
been over one foot of snow i'll Southern Dak, at
any time this winter, seven wears ago they had So
much that they We're obliged To water their animals
by carrying water down til .ough the roof Of their
stables, and trains were hlocka,lcd for several
months.
Land in ColfaN County, Nebraska. is from $50 To
$50 per acre and corn is worth 20 cts. per hushei.
The country here is rather hilly and no forests to
he seen. Itis quite different from southern Dakota
where the country is 50 level that the numerous.
groves scattered over vast extent of prairie
appearto surround the hcholier on all sides am
paying - per week for board, and other expenses
in proportion, loaicrs can not AFFORD 10 come to
Nebraska for the sake of living cheap. Fuel and
rent are too high for that. think the lhoring class
of people ito not clear any more here than in the
East and the chances are not a5 good for getting
work at all seasons of the year.
The temperance question is attracting consider
able attention. saloon keepers think Il man in Il
free country ought to be allowed to spend his earn.
ings as he chooses, while those who entertain
broadcrvicws think man ought not to he allowed
to spend his earnings in running himself and rem
dcrng his associates miserable. In the little town
of Leigh, which has grown up the past summer,
found ilouri>hinS Temperance Lodge an
active, wide awake church and Band of Hope.
We intend to have graded school ~ soon as
circumstances win permit.
A Colorado subscriber writes that Il man from
Maine is appreciated in that country. lie says
ITO take charge of large enterprises and in various
positions no class of men are preferred to them,
and I've known men who desired employ ncnt to
secure it by stating that they were from Maine
when they had never seen the state Everybo
out here knows how the Maine delegation in Con.
gress stands, and that ranks at the head with not
adoubtful or medium sized man in it. Maine men
out here are proud of their state. Colorado is for
Blaine believe Colorado gave Blaine a larger
majority, in proportion to the number of votes
cast than did any other state in the Union Colorado
is solid for Blaine In lSSS
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